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3/4 🧵 Politically, this is also a loyalty test for Thune. He has never been Trump’s ideal Senate ally, and this kind of public pressure forces him to choose between institutional credibility and submission theater. If he caves, it tells every senator the rules are now subordinate to Trump’s mood. If he resists, it shows there are still limits to Trump’s grip on Senate Republicans. That’s the real story beneath the headline. Yahoo News MSN